3rd July Being egged on to glory


An ultra competative dad from Hucknall has today commenced the first stage in his preperations for his son to triumph in this years school egg and spoon race. 

Determined to win at all costs, with the annual fun sports day now just four weeks away, Barry Brewster was seen in his local park at 6am this morning with his still half asleep son Jake in tow.

After such a poor show in last year event when 6 year old Jake dropped the egg so many times it resembled an omlette by the time he crossed the line, a result that had Barry seriously considering having him put up for adoption, the 2023 training program is taking no chances on a repeat performance this year.

Speaking to Grace Under Pressures very own hard boiled scribe Barry explained, "If parents can pull kids out of school to go on holidays in term time, then I can pull my son out to get ready for the egg and spoon race. I mean what is he going to miss in a months worth of schooling? I'm more than happy to pay the fine if it means I can hold my head up at the PTA meetings next year"

At the time of going to press Grace Under Pressure left Barry and his increasingly bemused son Jake running up and down Titchfield Park whilst repeating the mantra, 'there is no spoon, there is no egg'


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